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Gromit Unleashed 2

Gromit Unleashed 2
Logo of Gromit Unleashed 2, featuring Wallace, Gromt and Feathers McGraw, as well as the dates '2 July - 2 September', which was the dates of the sculpture trail.
The logo for the trail, featuring the subjects of the sculptures: Wallace, Gromit, and Feathers McGraw.
ArtistVarious designers
Year2018 (2018)
MediumDecorated statues
SubjectGromit

Wallace

Feathers McGraw
LocationBristol and surrounding areas
OwnerWallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations
Preceded byGromit Unleashed (2013)
Shaun in the City (2015)
Followed byWallace And Gromit: The Grand Adventure
Websitewww.gromitunleashed.org.uk

Gromit Unleashed 2 was a public arts trail in Bristol, England. The trail featured 67 giant sculptures designed by high-profile artists, designers, innovators and local talent. Sculptures are positioned in high footfall and iconic locations around Bristol and the surrounding area from 2 July to 2 September 2018.[1] A sequel to Gromit Unleashed in 2013, the trail featured statues of Wallace on a life-size bench, Gromit, and Feathers McGraw.[1] On the 23rd of August 2023 a fourth trail was announced, the trail in Bristol will run in 2025.[2]

The trail raised funds for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital's Special Care Baby unit.[3]

Background

Gromit

See also: List of Wallace and Gromit characters

Gromit is a dog belonging to an eccentric inventor, Wallace, in a series of claymation films produced by Aardman Animations, based in Spike Island, Bristol. Three of the films in the Wallace and Gromit film series have won Academy Awards: The Wrong Trousers,[4] A Close Shave[5] and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.[6]

Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal

The aim of Gromit Unleashed was to fundraise for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Founded in 1995, the charity raises funds for paediatric medical equipment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital. In collaboration with Aardman, it uses the characters Wallace and Gromit as mascots for the charity.[7]

Previous trails

Gromit Unleashed 2 is a sequel to Gromit Unleashed that ran between 1 July and 8 September 2013 in Bristol, featuring 80 Gromit sculptures and raising £2.3 million for the Grand Appeal.[8] The Shaun in the City trail featuring 120 sculptures of Shaun the Sheep were distributed between Bristol and London in 2015 and raised £1,087,900 for the charity. Following their respective successes in raising funds for the Grand Appeal, Gromit Unleashed 2 was announced in 2017.[9]

List of sculptures

Gromit

Name Original Trail Location Designer Sponsor Sale price
A Grand Gromplication[1] Bristol Museum Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol University of Bristol -
Alex the Lion M Shed DreamWorks Creditcall £18,000
Amazing Grace Chipping Sodbury High Street Tim Sutcliffe Chipping Sodbury Chamber of Commerce £17,000
Bristol in Bloom St Mary Redcliffe Ella Masters Immediate Media Co. £13,500
Bristol's Own Queen Square Susan Webber Barcan+Kirby £22,000
Boss Showcase Cinema De Lux, Cabot Circus Wes Anderson Showcase Cinema De Lux £16,000
Caractacus Paws The Galleries Chitty Chitty Bang Bang team at Eon Productions The Galleries £20,000
Champion Badminton Road, Downend Mike Ogden Downend and Bromley Heath Parish Council £16,000
Cracking Build Gromit! Cabot Circus Lego Cabot Circus £22,000
Cubby Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park Peskimo Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park £11,000
Cupid Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke Blossom & Brush Dunkley's Chartered Accountants £15,000
Deerest Gromit Bower Ashton campus, University of the West of England Hend Esmat and Lamiaa Diab UWE Bristol £15,000
Dias de los Perros Arnos Vale Cemetery Gavin Strange Briz-Graphics £14,000
Draco Kings Chase shopping centre, Kingswood The Knitted Pea Evan's and Partners £13,000
Ferne The Horsefair Natalie Guy First Bus £26,000
Giggles Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare Emily Golden Grand Pier £19,000
Gromit Temple Quay Nick Park Canada Life Group Insurance £42,000
Gromit P. Sullivan (Sulley) Gromit Unleashed shop, The Mall at Cribbs Causeway Peter Docter (Pixar Studios) LDC £22,000
Gromitronic[2] M Shed Renishaw Renishaw -
Gromjet[3] Aerospace Bristol Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce £25,000
Honeydew Arnolfini Tim Sutcliffe The Yogscast £11,000
Honeysuckle Rose St Mary Centre, Thornbury Sarah-Jane Grace Thornbury Chamber of Commerce £16,000
Marshall Chew Valley Lake PAW Patrol Bristol Water £16,500
Merry-go-Gromit Puxton Park Emily Golden Puxton Park £12,000
Oceans 1: Deep Blue[4] We The Curious Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol Airbus -
Oceans 2: Yellow Sub[5] M Shed Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol Airbus -
Peek a Boo! Blaise Castle Estate Mandy Sutcliffe Yankee Candle £13,000
Pickles McPrickles Greenway Centre, Southmead Simon Tozer YTL Developments £15,000
Rockin' Robin Ashton Gate Stadium Hannah Bone Ashton Gate Stadium £16,000
Splash! St Mark's Road, Easton Cheba Destination Bristol £19,000
Sprinkles Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road Tom Hovey Arthur David Food with Service Ltd. £12,500
Stellar Park Street Laura Hallett Cass Art £30,000
Swallows and Amazons Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke StudioCanal Willow Brook Centre £18,000
The Bristol Hound Clifton Suspension Bridge viewpoint, Sion Hill Zoe Power Grant Thornton LLP £17,000
The Brystal Maze Near South Bristol Community Hospital Richard Ayoade and The Crystal Maze producers The Bottle Yard Studios £15,500
The Hound of Music Gardiner Haskins, Bristol Sarah Matthews Gardiner Haskins £15,500
The Howl Royal West of England Academy Tim Sutcliffe Redrock Consulting Ltd. £20,000
ThermoGromit[6] Royal Fort Gardens Kacper Sopol and Timmy Wilmott University of Bristol £16,000
Toto Flaxpits Lane, Winterbourne Jenny Urquhart AJ Homes £18,000
Tropi-canis House of Fraser, Cabot Circus Maria Burns House of Fraser Raffled[Note 1]
Wild at Heart Ashton Court Liza Donoghue ETEX Building Performance Ltd. £14,000

Wallace

Name Original Trail Location Designer Sponsor Sale price
A Grand Tribute Millennium Square Nick Park We The Curious £55,000
George The Downs Helen Javes SLX £20,000
Gnome Sweet Gnome College Green Katie Wallis Natracare £20,000
Long John Wallace Cascade Steps, The Centre Elaine Carr VWV £20,000
Rocket Man Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Elaine Carr CAMB Machine Knives International Ltd. £32,000
Space Oddi-tea Wapping Wharf, Spike Island Carys Ink Wapping Wharf £24,000
Spock The Mall at Cribbs Causeway Star Trek The Mall at Cribbs Causeway £17,000
The Wallace Collection Anchor Road, Bristol Rachel Bennett Hargreaves Lansdown £17,000
The Wensleydale Kid Clifton Observatory Paula Bowles Clifton Observatory £22,000
Wallace Bristol Cenotaph Nick Park Bristol City Centre BID £31,000
Wallace in Wonderland Mall Gardens, Clifton Beth Waters BID Clifton Village £40,000
Wallambard Near SS Great Britain Tim Miness Womble Bond Dickinson £55,000

Feathers McGraw

Name Original Trail Location Designer Sponsor Sale price
Banana-arm-a North Street, Bedminster Katie Wallis Jeremy Gumbley £13,000
Fangs McGraw Stanfords, Corn Street Ruth Broadway Stanfords £15,000
Feathers McGraw Outside Wills Memorial Building Nick Park EY £30,000
Feathers Macaw Outside Victoria Rooms Amy Timms Ashfords £16,000
Feathertron 3000 Bristol Energy Hub Jam Factory & Jimmy 2 Eggs Bristol Energy £15,000
Fromage McGraw Quakers Friars Peter Lord Bluefin Professions £15,000
Game of Cones Bristol Temple Meads railway station Rachel Bennett Burges Salmon £17,000
In-cog-nito The Mall at Cribbs Causeway Amalgam Amalgam £17,000
Light as a Feather Clifton Suspension Bridge Josh & Aimee Williams Osborne Clarke £20,500
Oh Bollards! Aardman Animations studios Merlin Crossingham Aardman Animations £22,000
One in a Minion Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre Illumination Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre £19,000
Plooming Marvellous Hartcliffe Community Farm Park Amy Timms Bristol Post £19,000
Prima Featherina Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel Ruth Broadway Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel £14,000
The Emperor The Podium, Broadmead Natalie Guy John James Bristol Foundation £38,000

Footnotes

  1. ^ The ‘Tropi-canis’ statue was sold via a raffle, rather than through auction. Tickets costed £2.50 each, and were available to residents of Great Britain aged 16 and over.[10] The winner was Chris from Clevedon, who was selected using a random number generator.[11]

^ 'Trailblazer' interactive sculptures[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Murray, Robin (16 November 2017). "Aardman reveals plans for Gromit Unleashed 2 Bristol trail in 2018 - and he's bringing friends". Bristol Post. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-66581413
  3. ^ "2018 trail revealed!". Gromit Unleashed website. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "The 66th academy Awards (1994) Nominees and winners". The academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 21 March 1994. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. ^ "About Us". Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Gromit statues auction raises £2.3m for Bristol Children's Hospital". BBC News. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. ^ Murray, Robin (17 November 2017). "Aardman reveals plans for Gromit Unleashed 2 Bristol trail in 2018 - and he's bringing friends". Bristol Post. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  10. ^ "The Grand Appeal, Gromit Unleashed 2 Sculpture Raffle 2018 – Win Tropi-canis! Terms and Conditions" (PDF). Shopify.com. The Grand Appeal. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ "TROPI-CANIS RAFFLE WINNER REVEALED!". The Grand Appeal. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Gromit Unleashed 2 Trailblazer Reveal!". 11 June 2018.
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